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Drew Lawson wrote:

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Chris F Clark writes:

or W within the TZ. I am curious where do you like that the sun stays
out to ~9pm?

Peeking at intellicast, it seems that here in Dayton, Ohio, the sun
rose at 6:16am and will set at 8:52pm.

FWIW, New York is 05:33-20:13. London (England) is 04:58-20:57

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Karl S wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2007 14:08:43 GMT, Jud Hardcastle wrote:

One more thing to rule out. I used to use an X10 RF-to-IR remote
repeater (one of those pyramid things). Some times it would pick up RF
noise and the light would flicker--while it was doing that the IR
blasters had problems. Finally switched to a wired repeater system and
all the blaster problems cleared up.

What are you using for a wired repeater system? I want to upgrade my
"pyramid" system.

I have two pairs of Terk LF10R units; works well.
-Joe http://www.inwap.com/tivo/SmithTV2006.gif

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On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:31:14 -0700, Karl S wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2007 14:08:43 GMT, Jud Hardcastle wrote:

One more thing to rule out. I used to use an X10 RF-to-IR remote
repeater (one of those pyramid things). Some times it would pick up RF
noise and the light would flicker--while it was doing that the IR
blasters had problems. Finally switched to a wired repeater system and
all the blaster problems cleared up.

What are you using for a wired repeater system? I want to upgrade my
"pyramid" system.

Karl

When I got rid of those $%^#! pyramids, I used this:
http://www.smarthome.com/8197.html
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Not that it makes any difference to anyone else. I looked up all the
places I mentioned living and today they all have sunsets after 8pm.
So much for my memory, or more likely so much for how much attention I
was paying....

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Chris F Clark writes:
Not that it makes any difference to anyone else. I looked up all the
places I mentioned living and today they all have sunsets after 8pm.
So much for my memory, or more likely so much for how much attention I
was paying....

If you asked me in my youth, I would have said that the sun didn't
stay up that late. But once I had a kid in elementary school, I
became well aware of the fact that the sun stayed up (in later
summer, start of school year) later than bed time was supposed to
be.

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Could it be before DST was in effect?

"Howard" wrote in message
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Chris F Clark wrote in
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"Jerry Boyle" writes:

"Chris F Clark" wrote in message
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Now, since you problem was at 8pm, I don't think either of the above
causes are likely, but neither is interference from the Sun.

I respectfully disagree. Sunlight can blind the vision of an IR
receiver. It's happened not only with my TiVo but also with the safety
mechanism of my automatic garage door.

And sunset in my area is currently at 8:52PM, which may have put the
sun at window level at 8:00PM when his TiVo failed to change channels
and safely below the horizon at 9:00PM when his TiVo *did* change
channels.

I tend to agree with you, though, that even if sunlight exacerbates the
problem it more than likely isn't the only cause.

I'm sorry, my fault. Since the fact that the sun sets prior to 8pm in
Boston and it is the latest I have ever experienced, I assumed that it
was around the latest anyone would *likely* experience. That was my
mistaken assumption. I don't think sunset was ever later than 8pm in
either Denvver, or KS. Perhaps my memory is faulty.

You live either farther N than I do or in a different part of a TZ
where sunset is later--I'm not sure whether that would be relative E
or W within the TZ. I am curious where do you like that the sun stays
out to ~9pm?

Where in Boston do you live that it sets before 8pm?

http://www.almanac.com/ says today's sunset is at 8:07PM.

http://www.timeanddate.com says that sunset will continue to occur later
(as it has the wont to do about this time of year) until the latest sunset
is at 8:25pm, around late June/early July. Sunset will continue to occur
after 8pm until August 4th.

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"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:31:14 -0700, Karl S wrote:

What are you using for a wired repeater system? I want to upgrade my
"pyramid" system.

When I got rid of those $%^#! pyramids, I used this:
http://www.smarthome.com/8197.html

I use the same. Great system.

Majority of the time people are using coax to distribute their signal to a
remote TV, so why not use it to send the IR commands back.

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I'd like to thank everyone for their responses and the ensuing
discussions. At least I know I'm not completely crazy And, among
other things, I'll avoid using a camera flash pointed in the cable
box's direction ...

Thanks again.

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